The Legislature declares that the public has an interest in the protection and salvage of underwater historic properties situated under the navigable waters and territorial seas of Guam; that the public has a right to the knowledge to be derived and gained from a scientific study of these materials; and that therefore it is the purpose of this article to provide that activities for the protection, recovery, study, and exhibition of underwater historic properties be undertaken in a coordinated and organized manner for the general welfare of the public as a whole.

SOURCE: GC § 13985.29 enacted by P.L. 12-126 (May 3, 1974).

2022 NOTE: Reference to “”territory”” replaced with “”Guam”” pursuant to
1 Guam Code Ann. § 420.